Portable communication device with multi-tasking module for parallelism

Abstract

A portable device for video communication includes a control unit, a display is coupled to the central control unit, respectively. A converter is coupled to the central control unit. A vocal I/O unit is coupled to the converter and an image capture module is coupled to the control unit. A video communication module is coupled to the control unit to facility video communication and an image division module is coupled to the control unit to divide displaying areas on the display when receiving multi-images from multi-parties during multi-parties video communication. A multi-tasking module is coupled to the control unit for reassigning the control unit from one task to another to achieve parallelism or context switches.

1 . A portable communication device with multi-tasking module, comprising:
 a control unit,   a display coupled to said control unit;   a converter coupled to said control unit to convert signal between digital and analog;   a wireless local area network module for coupling to a hot spot, and a wireless radio frequency (RF) communication module coupled to said control unit for wireless transmitting data for communication to allow said portable communication device transmit and receive information through a mobile phone network or an Internet, wherein said transmitted or received information includes audio signal, video signal or the combination thereof;   a multi-tasking module coupled to said control unit for reassigning said control unit from one task to another to achieve parallelism or context switches; and   an image capture module coupled to said control unit for catching image.   
     
     
         2 . The portable device as set forth in  claim 1 , further includes a terminal to terminal VoIP phone module coupled to said control unit to transmit or receive data through said wireless local area network (WLAN) module. 
     
     
         3 . The portable device as set forth in  claim 1 , wherein said wireless local area network (WLAN) module includes Wi-Fi module, WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) module. wherein said wireless video communication module includes W-CDMA CDMA2000 CDMA2001 TD-CDMA TD-SCDMA UWC-136 DECT or 4G module. 
     
     
         4 . The portable device as set forth in  claim 1 , further comprising illumination module coupled to said control unit; a sensor coupled to said control unit to switch said illumination module when light intensity is lower than a predetermined level, said control unit is in responsive to signal detected by said photo sensor to active said illumination module to provide light for video communication or photo taking. 
     
     
         5 . The portable device as set forth in  claim 4 , further comprising a selection interface coupled to said illumination module for selecting mode including video mode and flash mode. 
     
     
         6 . The portable device as set forth in  claim 5 , wherein said illumination module includes IR device, LED, Xeon gas lighting device or the combination thereof. 
     
     
         7 . The portable device as set forth in  claim 1 , further comprising an image division module coupled to said control unit to divide displaying areas on said display into at least two areas when receiving video signal during video communication. 
     
     
         8 . The portable device as set forth in  claim 7 , wherein said multi-tasking module process multi-video communication. 
     
     
         9 . A portable communication device with multi-tasking module, comprising:
 a control unit,   a display coupled to said control unit;   a converter coupled to said control unit to convert signal between digital and analog;   a wireless local area network module for coupling to a hot spot, and a wireless radio frequency (RF) communication module coupled to said control unit for wireless transmitting data for communication to allow said portable communication device transmit and receive information through a mobile phone network or an Internet, wherein said transmitted or received information includes audio signal, video signal or the combination thereof;   a multi-tasking module coupled to said control unit for reassigning said control unit between at least one video communication task and another task to achieve parallelism; and   an image capture module coupled to said control unit to catching image for video communication.   
     
     
         10 . The portable device as set forth in  claim 9 , further includes a terminal to terminal VoIP phone module coupled to said control unit to transmit or receive data through said wireless local area network (WLAN) module. 
     
     
         11 . The portable device as set forth in  claim 10 , wherein said wireless local area network (WLAN) module includes Wi-Fi module, WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) module. wherein said wireless video communication module includes W-CDMA CDMA2000 CDMA2001 TD-CDMA TD-SCDMA UWC-136 DECT or 4G module. 
     
     
         12 . A portable communication device with multi-tasking module, comprising:
 a control unit,   a display coupled to said control unit;   a converter coupled to said control unit to convert signal between digital and analog;   a wireless local area network module for coupling to a hot spot, and a wireless radio frequency (RF) communication module coupled to said control unit for wireless transmitting data for communication to allow said portable communication device transmit and receive information through a mobile phone network or an Internet, wherein said transmitted or received information includes audio signal, video signal or the combination thereof;   a terminal to terminal VoIP phone module coupled to said control unit to transmit or receive data through said wireless local area network module to achieve portable terminal to terminal VoIP communication without power on PC;   a multi-tasking module coupled to said control unit for reassigning said control unit to switch from one process to another different process to facility context switches; and   an image capture module coupled to said control unit to catching image for video communication.   
     
     
         13 . The portable device as set forth in  claim 12 , wherein said wireless local area network (WLAN) module includes Wi-Fi module, WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) module wherein said wireless video communication module includes W-CDMA CDMA2000 CDMA2001 TD-CDMA TD-SCDMA UWC-136 DECT or 4G module.